U.S.A – New York

New York Film & Photography Production Services

Are you a media company, brand, ad agency or production company looking for film / photography production support or shooting crew in New York? We have fully vetted, locally based fixers, service producers, directors, DP’s, videographers, cameramen, photographers, sound operators, production drivers, and a range of other film crew. Contact us for referrals, questions, cost estimates and references.

Want to know more about shooting in New York? See below for an introduction to New York locations, permits, when to shoot, crew, equipment, studios, tax incentives and film friendly hotels.

Film Locations. New York City is one of the world’s most filmed cities. Locations of interest include the famous Manhattan skyline, Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, Broadway, Wall Street, Statue of Liberty, Central Park, The High Line, Hudson Yards, and New York’s world famous subway system. New York is home to modern and period buildings by a long list of famous architects including the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Flatiron Building, Woolworth Building, Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Plaza, United Nations Building, World Trade Center, Santiago Calatrava’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub. World famous museums include the MOMA, MET, Museum of Natural History, Whitney, and Guggenheim, to name a few. The Cloisters in upper Manhattan offer European medieval architecture. New York is also home to stadiums and concert halls, Hudson and East Rivers, fashionable neighborhoods, industrial looks, and the outer boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island.

New York agricultural locations include dairy farms, apple orchards, and corn fields.

New York City has hosted a wide range of productions including Godfather I & II, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Midnight Cowboy, Saturday Night Fever, Sex In The City, When Harry Met Sally, The Dark Knight Rises, Wall Street, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Ghostbusters, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and thousands of TV shows, commercials and stills shoots.

New York City Film Location Permits. A permit is not required for filming that does not assert exclusive use of city property. This includes small footprint hand-held camera or tripod shoots. A certificate of insurance is not required.

A permit is required for shoots that assert exclusive use of City property. This includes shoots with larger equipment setups (ie: anything more than hand-held camera, camera on tripod or hand-held items such as bounce-boards or boom mics). A permit is also required for shoots involving firearms or pyrotechnics, stunts, prop vehicles, actors in police uniform, and production vehicle parking privileges. A certificate of insurance and $300 application fee is required.

Permission to film in the rest of the state is organized with local authorities.

When to shoot? New York has a four-season climate with spring in full bloom, hot humid summers, colorful fall leaves, and cold snowy winters. The winters are colder farther north and summers are cooler in the mountains and on the coast.

Crews and equipment. New York City is home to many of the world’s top professional creative and technical film crews. There is a great depth of standard and specialized crew and equipment.

Contact us if you are looking for a New York City, Buffalo, Albany and the Hamptons based director, DP, photographer, videographer (cameraman / camera operator), camera assistant (focus puller), sound operator, grip, gaffer, stylist, hair and makeup, PA / runner, production driver, or any other film crew in New York.

Studios. New York has many state of the art studio facilities to choose from.

Tax Incentives. New York offers a 30% fully refundable tax credit on qualified in-state production expenses, as well as a refundable tax credit of up to 35% on qualified post-production expenses. An additional 10% of below-the-line labor costs for services performed in specified upstate counties is also available. Eligible productions include feature films, television series, relocated television series, television pilots, and films for television.

Accommodation. Please contact us for recommended film friendly hotels in New York City, the Hamptons, Buffalo, Albany and other areas of New York. Some accommodation options in New York City include: